I read that you grew up in San Francisco in the ‘70s, which must have been an interesting place to learn about life! I witnessed a lot of what kids get to normally, but
up there I definitely saw a lot more than most. I at- tended gay prides and all of that so very early on and I grew up around a lot of very progressive people, gay and straight so it was really good. It was a great thing to have come from that and to have had a beautiful childhood during such a really important time for the LGBT community. I always like to start by asking comedians if they had any specific things or people who influenced them coming up. What were yours? I think probably a lot of it was based on the drag
performers I saw early on and then later people like Joan Rivers, Richard Pryor certainly, then Paula Poundstone and Whoopi when I got to see her. It was really a great time for comedy then because there was so much of it going on in San Francisco. Paula Poundstone is an amazing woman, so funny and so intelligent, it’s interesting to me because that’s a common theme with comedians I’ve interviewed—all that humor comes from a very intelligent, well-thought out process. I don’t know, it’s either that or you have to be really,
really stupid! (Laughs.) I don’t know which one of those is more responsible but it’s got to be one or the other! Maybe it’s just all about extremes… Just before this I listened in on your web interview with Joan Rivers, you two are quite a pair. I love her. She is really fun and so warm, loving and
spiritual. She’s also very maternal, that’s an aspect of her that most don’t know—she is so generous and caring. I admire her so much and she influenced me a lot when I was coming up. Do you have any other favorites? There’s a bunch of them, Jim Short is a favorite,
we’re on tour together and he’s who I do myMonsters of Talkpod casts with, he’s totally funny. There’s also Fortune Feimster who is really hilarious on Chelsea Lately. I love Chelsea too, she’s great and there’s Amy Schumer who is also really funny. There are so many that I am a big fan of. What’s the tour been like for you so far? It’s been good. It’s been really busy and kind of
crazy because I’m also doing some other stuff in L.A., movies, and indie movie projects. I just did one of them with Joan Jett, which is totally cool. Can you tell us a little more about the film? The film was put out by her production company,
Black Heart, and is a very strange look into the recov- ery culture, which ended up being something really interesting to learn about and be a part of. It was an even more interesting thing to work with Joan Jett, Bill Hanna, Sela Ward and Tom Arnold!
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